Thanks Adam!
On the light beam from the Speed Graphic, that may be due to the angle I was shooting it from. But, then again, the flash I had placed against the back of the Graphic's groundglass might have been a bit higher than center and that made the beam shoot lower in the image.
Incidentally, that image is essentially a test one for an image still in progress (read that as the final version is yet in my noggin and not executed completely ... lol). I'd wondered if placing a flash like that would achieve the result you see in the posted image and was amazed at how sharply-focused a beam it creates.
The next step will an image that has that beam of light illuminating ... something. I'm toyed with it lighting a CompactFlash card to be a sort of illustrative bridge been photographic technology then and now -- but still haven't quite decided if that's the direction I want to go with it. Also in consideration was a single, red rose since I'd like the contrast between a mostly colorless-image with this startling red jumping out at you. We'll see how it ends up and I'll post that result at a future date.
Thanks again!
Dave
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